Category: Former Student

Congratulations to 2021 Texas A&M biology graduate and first-year medical student Chloe Todd, one of six recipients of the $20,000 Marcus L. Urann Fellowship who finished among the top eight scorers in this year's Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi's annual graduate fellowship competition aimed at supporting promising first-year graduate students across all academic disciplines.

Texas A&M Science takes great pride in celebrating three of its finest — Kathy Ensor '86, Brig. Gen. (Ret) James Mobley '69 and Robert Williams III '79 — as the college's most recent inductees into its Academy of Distinguished Former Students.

Congratulations to 2010 Texas A&M biology graduate Kristen Free '11, one of 12 former students named to the 2021 cohort of the Texas A&M University 12 Under 12 Young Alumni Spotlight recognizing Aggies who have graduated within the past 12 years and are leading by example in both business and service.

Ever wonder what it's like to work on the world's largest digital camera? Wonder no more, thanks to 2009 Texas A&M physics graduate and KAVLI Postdoctoral Fellow Andrew Bradshaw, who shares first-person perspective and photographs from inside the LSST camera clean room at Stanford University's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Dr. Jeniree Flores Delgado '16 never pictured herself as a future podcaster during her graduate student days at Texas A&M. This past July, she launched LatinX Can, a podcast series that aims to highlight the achievements of Latinx professionals, celebrate the Latinx community's diversity and inspire people to dream big.

Congratulations to Dr. R. Bowen Loftin '71, one of 12 Aggies honored this year with the university's highest former student honor, the Distinguished Alumnus Award. Loftin, who served as the 24th president of Texas A&M University (2010-14) as well as vice president and chief executive officer of Texas A&M University at Galveston (2005-10), received his bachelor of science in physics in 1970 from Texas A&M.

Congratulations to Caltech chemist, 2000 Texas A&M chemistry graduate and College Station native Dr. Thomas F. Miller III, who has been selected by the Texas A&M College of Science for its highest alumni honor — induction into the college's Academy of Distinguished Former Students.

Texas A&M Science remembers Clint Crampton '99, an academic advisor within the Texas A&M Biology Undergraduate Program since 2004 who was revered for his humor, warmth and generosity, as well as his empathy for and understanding of Texas A&M students and their families.

Congratulations to 1986 Texas A&M statistics graduate Dr. Katherine "Kathy" Ensor, Noah G. Harding Professor of Statistics in the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University, who has been elected as the 117th president of the American Statistical Association.

Congratulations to Dr. Richard A. Box '61, one of 10 Aggies honored this year with the university's highest former student honor, the Distinguished Alumnus Award. Box, a chairman emeritus of the Texas A&M System Board of Regents and former commanding general of the Texas State Guard who helped lead the state's response during hurricanes Katrina and Rita, received his bachelor's in zoology in 1961 from Texas A&M.

Texas A&M Science takes great pride in celebrating two of its finest -- Col. (Ret) Harry Kay Lesser Jr. '70 and Dr. Joel E. Richter '71 -- as the college's most recent inductees into its Academy of Distinguished Former Students.

The late Texas A&M distinguished petroleum engineering graduate George P. Mitchell '40, a global visionary, legendary philanthropist and generous benefactor of both Texas A&M University and Texas A&M Science, is one of four 2019 inductees into the Petroleum Museum Hall of Fame in recognition for pioneering the technology that made the viable extraction of shale energy possible.

After 10 years of observing communications habits in primates, Texas A&M zoology graduate Lisa O'Bryan '08 is taking on one of the most complex species to date -- college students at Rice University, where in January she will begin studying real-world social networking in a campus setting with the goal of improving societal interactions on a broader scale.

The bond between student and mentor is one that transcends time. This week, Lt. Col. Patrick Kennedy '05, 60th Medical Group Lab and Pathology Flight commander at Travis Air Force Base and a 2014 Academy of Distinguished Former Students inductee, contacted his graduate professor, Texas A&M biologist Wayne Versaw, to share a bit of good news -- that Versaw's first graduate student has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement.

Meet 2012 Texas A&M zoology graduate Victoria Burman '12, who followed her passion first to Aggieland and then to Africa, where she will mark her fourth year as an excursion guide in July. "The only time most people see what we see every day is on Discovery and National Geographic," she says. "It's cool to help people appreciate it."